Mervin Jules (1912 – 1994) attended Baltimore City College in 1930 and received a degree from the Maryland Institute of Fine and Applied Arts in 1934. The following year, he went to New York and studied with Thomas Hart Benton at the Art Students League. Jules's work was first exhibited in 1935 at the Baltimore Museum of Art. His first solo show was held at the Hudson D. Walker Gallery in New York in 1937. He was, thereafter, exhibited frequently both domestically and abroad. His work is housed in many public collections, including the Metropolitan Museum of Art, the Museum of Modern Art, the Brooklyn Museum, the Art Institute of Chicago, and the Museum of Fine Arts in Boston. He was artist-in-residence at Smith College from 1945 to 1946 and a professor there from 1946 to 1969, later becoming head of the art department. In 1969, Jules became chairman of the art department at the City College of New York. He has also published several articles about art.
Mervin Jules
Studios
Cheney
Mervin Jules worked in the Cheney studio.
Cheney Studio was given to MacDowell by Mrs. Benjamin P. Cheney and Mrs. Karl Kauffman. Like Barnard Studio, Cheney is a low, broadly massed bungalow. Sited on a steep westward slope, its porches are supported on wooden posts and fieldstone with lattices. Although it still retains its appealing character, the original design of the shingled building…